Can you finish 2nd and 3rd in a Poker Tourney and still suck?

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Im new to poker and im still trying to find out if im a good player or not. I have played in 5 tourneys with over 100 players. 3 of the tourneys I got run pretty fast. But the other 2 I finished 2 in one and 3 in the other. Does this make me a good player or could it just be beginners luck?
 

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nope ...you are doing well then IMO...you just need to tweak the small mistakes to get to 1st.. but IMO late in a tourney when the chip counts are high there is no real bullying of people with raises its all about the cards and when to take your ALL IN shot and when to know to fold...


you have to have a feeling to of the other players....I was dealt Pocket 88 at the bash tourney when the there was 10 people left ...The flop was 6 5 J The other guy in the hand with me bet 5000 ..I had 15000 left...I called the next card I think was a 2 ....He just bet 5000 again....I was just about to much my cards when I thought ....I said I have second pair and thought he has NO jack...I went all in he called river was 10 ... he had a A Q I took him out
 

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Dante said:
nope ...you are doing well then IMO...you just need to tweak the small mistakes to get to 1st.. but IMO late in a tourney when the chip counts are high there is no real bullying of people with raises its all about the cards and when to take your ALL IN shot and when to know to fold...


you have to have a feeling to of the other players....I was dealt Pocket 88 at the bash tourney when the there was 10 people left ...The flop was 6 5 J The other guy in the hand with me bet 5000 ..I had 15000 left...I called the next card I think was a 2 ....He just bet 5000 again....I was just about to much my cards when I thought ....I said I have second pair and thought he has NO jack...I went all in he called river was 10 ... he had a A Q I took him out

I had a huge stack lead in one of those when we got to the final 3. I got to impatient and cost myself a 1st place finish.
 

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